JP6700881B2 - Image processing apparatus, image processing apparatus control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing device, a control method for the image processing device, and a program.

  Image processing that stores the setting values of the setting items related to the job currently set when the user logs out from the image processing apparatus and displays the setting screen that reflects the setting values related to the job that the user who logged out logs in again The device is considered.

  By using the image processing apparatus having the above-mentioned set value reflecting function, the following is possible.

  For example, the user logs in to the image processing apparatus and logs out while making settings relating to the job such as setting the destination and setting the paper size to be used. By displaying the setting screen that reflects the setting value set at the time of logout after the user who logged out during the setting logs in again, it is possible to save the user the trouble of making the setting again before. It will be possible.

  In this way, the image processing apparatus stores the settings made while the user is logged in, so that the user can use the setting screen that reflects the setting value that was set at the time of logout during re-login. .

  Patent Document 1 describes an image processing apparatus that displays a setting screen in which all stored setting values are reflected after a user who has set a job logs in again.

  Patent Document 2 describes an image processing apparatus that inquires of a user which setting value of a setting value should be reflected after re-login.

JP, 2014-218075, A JP, 2007-251432, A

  In Patent Document 1, a setting screen in which the setting values stored in the image processing apparatus are reflected is displayed even for setting items for which setting values are not desired to be automatically reflected.

  Setting items that are not desired to automatically reflect the set value include a destination of a FAX/send function that transmits FAX data and E-mail.

  The following problems occur in the image processing apparatus that displays the setting screen that automatically reflects the destination in the FAX/send function.

  It is assumed that the user sets a plurality of setting items including the destination on the setting screen of the FAX/send function and logs out. In the image processing apparatus as described above, when the user logs in again, the setting screen reflecting the destination stored in the image processing apparatus is displayed even when the user is trying to send a fax to a destination different from the one when logging out. Will be done. If the user does not notice that the stored destination is reflected and sends the job, the fax is sent to a destination different from the destination intended by the user, resulting in erroneous transmission.

  As described above, for some setting items, if the setting value stored in the image processing apparatus is automatically reflected after re-login and the job is executed, the job is executed with the setting not intended by the user. It may happen.

  It is possible to prevent the setting value from being automatically reflected by the user determining whether to reflect the setting value for each setting value as in Patent Document 2. However, in Patent Document 2, it takes time and effort to require the user to give a reflection instruction at the time of re-login even for a setting item for which the setting value may be reflected even if the user does not give a reflection instruction.

  According to the present invention, by using the automatic setting value reflection function, it is possible to execute a job with a setting that is not intended by the user for some setting items while reducing the time and effort required to set the setting value after re-login. The purpose is to reduce

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the image processing apparatus of the present invention allows a user to set a login processing unit that performs a login process for a user of the image processing apparatus to log in, and setting values of a plurality of setting items regarding a job. After the user logs out in a state where the setting screen of the job and the setting screen of the job are displayed, during the re-login by the logged-out user, the setting value set at the time of the logout is set by the user. Reflecting means for displaying the setting screen of the job reflected without being reflected based on the reflecting instruction, and the reflecting means excludes at least one setting item from the reflection target.

  According to the present invention, by using the automatic setting value reflection function, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required to set the setting values after re-login, and by excluding some setting items from the target of reflection, It is possible to reduce the possibility that a job will be executed with settings that the user does not intend for the item.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the image processing apparatus in the Example of this invention. 6 is a flowchart regarding processing from login to logout of the image processing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart regarding a set value reflection process of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart regarding a reflection process of the image processing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of setting values of each setting item stored in a RAM 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of setting values of each setting item stored in the HDD 104 and an initial display function after login in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a main menu displayed on an LCD display unit 401 in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an address book screen displayed on an LCD display unit 401 in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a FAX/send function setting screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a reflection confirmation screen and a destination reflection confirmation screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation part in the Example of this invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a new destination input screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 in the embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart regarding setting value reflection processing of the image processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a reflection method of each setting item stored in the RAM 102 and a reflection confirmation screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting value reflection selection screen displayed on the LCD display part 401 in other Examples.

(Example 1)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of an image processing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the controller unit 116 is connected to the scanner 114 that functions as an image input device and the printer 112 that functions as an image output device. On the other hand, the controller unit 116 exchanges image data with another information processing apparatus or image processing apparatus via the LAN 121 or the public line network 122. In the controller unit 116, the CPU 101 is a processor that controls the entire system. The RAM 102 is a system work memory for operating the CPU 101, and is used as a program memory for recording a program and an image memory for temporarily recording image data. The ROM 103 stores a system boot program and various control programs. A hard disk drive (HDD) 104 stores various programs for controlling the system, image data, and the like.

  The operation unit interface (operation unit I/F) 107 is an interface unit with the operation unit 108, and outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 108.

  In addition, the operation unit I/F 107 notifies the CPU 101 of information input by the user using the operation unit 108. Note that the operation unit 108 includes a display unit having a touch panel, and the user presses a button displayed on the display unit with a finger or the like to give various instructions.

  A network interface (Network I/F) 105 is connected to the LAN 121 and inputs/outputs data with an external device. A modem (MODEM) 106 is connected to the public line network 122 and inputs/outputs data such as FAX transmission/reception. The external interface (external I/F) 118 is an I/F unit that receives external input such as USB, IEEE 1394, printer port, RS-232C. In the present embodiment, a card reader 119 for reading an IC card is connected to the external I/F 118. Then, the CPU 101 can control the information reading from the IC card by the card reader 119 via the external I/F 118, and can acquire the information read from the IC card. The above devices are arranged on the system bus 109.

  The image bus interface (IMAGE BUS I/F) 120 is a bus bridge that connects the system bus 109 and the image bus 115 that transfers image data at high speed and converts the data structure.

  The image bus 115 is composed of a PCI bus or IEEE1394. The following devices are connected to the image bus 115. The raster image processor (RIP) 110 develops vector data such as PDL code into a bitmap image, for example. The printer interface (printer I/F) 111 connects the printer 112 and the controller unit 116. A scanner interface (scanner I/F) 113 connects the scanner 114 and the controller unit 116.

  The image processing unit 117 corrects, processes, and edits input image data. Further, the image processing unit 117 performs printer correction, resolution conversion, and the like on print output image data. Further, the image processing unit 117 performs compression/expansion processing for rotating the image data and compressing/expanding the multivalued image data into JPEG and the binary image data into JBIG, MMR, MH and the like.

  The scanner 114 converts an original into electrical signals as raster image data by irradiating an image on paper, which is an original, with light and scanning the image with a CCD line sensor. Document sheets are set in a tray of a document feeder (not shown), and the user uses the operation unit 108 to instruct the start of image reading. As a result, the CPU 101 gives an instruction to the scanner 114, and the document feeder reads the document sheets one by one. The printer 112 converts the raster image data into an image on paper. The printer system includes an electrophotographic system using a photoconductor drum and a photoconductor belt, and an inkjet system in which ink is ejected from a minute nozzle array to directly print an image on paper. Any type of device may be used as long as the present invention can be implemented. The print operation is started by an instruction from the CPU 101. The printer 112 has a plurality of paper feed cassettes (not shown) so that different paper sizes or different paper orientations can be selected.

  The operation unit 108 has an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 401 as shown in FIG. 11, and a touch panel sheet is pasted on the LCD. The CPU 101 displays a system setting screen on the LCD display unit 401. The position information indicating that the displayed key is pressed by a finger or the like is transmitted to the CPU 101 via the operation unit I/F 107.

  In addition, the operation unit 108 includes various operation keys such as a start key 402, a stop key 404, a user mode key 406, an ID key 407, and a reset key 408. Here, the start key of the operation unit 108 is used when starting the reading operation of the document image. At the center of the start key, there is a two-color LED 403 of green and red, and the color indicates whether the start key can be used. Further, the stop key of the operation unit 108 functions to stop the operation during operation. The ID key of the operation unit 108 is used when inputting the user ID of the user. The reset key is used to initialize the settings for each function.

  Under the control of the CPU 101, the card reader 119 reads the information stored in the IC card and notifies the read information to the CPU 101 via the external I/F 118. With the configuration described above, the image processing apparatus 100 can transmit the image data read from the scanner 114 to another information processing apparatus or print out the print data received from the other information processing apparatus by the printer 112. it can. Further, the image processing apparatus 100 can fax the image data read from the scanner 114 to the public line network 122 by the modem 106, or output the image data faxed from the public line by the printer 112.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the main menu screen 1500 displayed on the LCD display unit 401 of the image processing apparatus 100. The main menu screen 1500 is a function selection screen for selecting a function used by the user. Buttons 1501 to 1506 are buttons corresponding to the functions of the image processing apparatus 100. When the user presses the buttons 1501 to 1506 with a finger or the like, a setting screen for using the corresponding function is displayed on the LCD display unit 401. The “copy” button 1501 is a button corresponding to the copy function. A “scan and save” button 1502 and a “use saved file” button 1503 are buttons corresponding to the box function. The box function is a function of storing image data generated by reading a document through the scanner 114 in the RAM 102, the HDD 104, or the like, and printing the stored image data through the printer 112. A “print” button 1504 is a button corresponding to the print function. A “scan and send” button 1505 is a button corresponding to the FAX/send function. The FAX/send function is a function of reading a document through the scanner 114 and transmitting the generated image data to another image processing apparatus or information processing apparatus via the LAN 121 or the public line network 122. The “edit address book” button 1506 is a button corresponding to the address book editing function.

  After the user logs in to the image processing apparatus 100, the CPU 101 displays the main menu screen 1500 on the LCD display unit 401. After the user presses the button corresponding to the function displayed on the main menu screen 1500 with the finger or the like, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen corresponding to the selected function on the LCD display unit 401. When the user presses a button corresponding to any of the copy function, the box function, and the FAX/send function, the LCD display unit 401 displays a setting screen in which the setting value for the job of each function can be set. For example, when the user presses the "copy" button, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen regarding the copy job, and when the "print" button is pressed, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen regarding the print job.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the user presses the “scan and send” button 1505 on the main menu screen 1500 and selects the FAX/send function. FIG. 9A shows a “scan and send” screen 1700, which is a setting screen for FAX/send jobs. When the user presses the “scan and send” button 1505, the CPU 101 displays the “scan and send” screen 1700 on the LCD display unit 401. The "scan and send" screen 1700 is composed of a destination display unit 1701 and various buttons (1702-1708).

  The user presses various buttons (1702 to 1708) to make settings relating to the FAX/send job including the setting of the transmission destination. When the user presses the “logout” button 1709 or the ID key 407 while the “scan and send” screen 1700 is displayed, the CPU 101 stores in the HDD 104 the settings relating to the job set by the user regarding the FAX/send function and logs out. To do. After the logged-out user logs in again, the CPU 101 displays on the LCD display unit 401 a “scan and send” screen 1700 that reflects the setting values related to the job stored in the HDD 104 for the setting items other than the destination.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing from login to logout performed by the CPU 101 of the image processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is stored as program code in the HDD 104 of the image processing apparatus 100. The CPU 101 reads the program code stored in the HDD 104 or the like and executes the following steps to realize the respective functions of the present invention.

  The processing performed by the CPU 101 from the time the user logs in to the image processing apparatus 100 until the time the user logs out will be described below with reference to FIG.

  First, the CPU 101 receives authentication information of a user who uses the image processing apparatus 100 (S101). When the user brings the IC card into contact with or approaches the card reader 119, the CPU 101 starts the login process. The CPU 101 reads the user identification information stored in the IC card and performs a user authentication process. The method of accepting the login is not limited to the method of using the IC card, and for example, the user may use the operation unit 108 to input the user ID and the password. In this embodiment, the user ID is used as user identification information.

  Next, the CPU 101 determines whether the authentication is successful (S102). When the authentication fails, the CPU 101 continues to accept the user authentication (S101).

  When the authentication is successful, the CPU 101 determines whether the initial display function 601 corresponding to the user ID of the authenticated user is stored in the HDD 104 (S103). The initial display function 601 is stored in the HDD 104 when the user logs out by a method described later. FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of the initial display function information stored in the HDD 104. FIG. 6A shows that the user with the user ID “0001” has logged out while the fax/send function setting screen was displayed during the previous logout. The processing (S<b>101 to S<b>103) from the CPU 101 accepting the user's authentication to determining the screen to be displayed on the LCD display unit 401 is the login processing required for the user to log in to the image processing apparatus 100.

  When the initial display function information corresponding to the user ID of the authenticated user is stored in the initial display function 601 of the HDD 104, the CPU 101 starts the process of FIG. 3 described later. If the initial display function information is not stored in the initial display function 601, the CPU 101 displays a main menu screen 1500 for the user to select a function on the LCD display unit 401 (S104).

  The CPU 101 receives the function selection by the user. The CPU 101 displays a setting screen for using each function on the LCD display unit 401 according to the user's operation (S105). In this embodiment, the user selects the “scan and send” button 1505, and the CPU 101 displays the “scan and send” screen 1700, which is a setting screen corresponding to the FAX/send function, on the LCD display unit 401.

  The CPU 101 displays, on the LCD display unit 401, a setting screen relating to the job that reflects the default setting preset by the user using a unit (not shown). FIG. 9A shows a setting screen reflecting the default settings of the FAX/send function. In FIG. 9A, the destination is not set, and the color mode is set to “monochrome”, resolution “normal”, and duplex setting “duplex”.

  Next, the CPU 101 receives an input by the user such as an operation of the operation unit 108 (S106).

  Next, the CPU 101 switches the processing according to the content input by the user (S107). The CPU 101 performs any one of the destination setting or other settings, the transmission start process, and the logout process according to the content input by the user.

  When the user inputs the destination, for example, when the user presses the “address book” button 1702, the “one-touch” button 1703, and the “new input” button 1704, the CPU 101 performs the process of setting the destination ( (Destination setting in the figure) (S108).

  The processing for setting the destination will be described below.

  When the user presses the “new input” button 1704, the CPU 101 displays a new transmission destination screen on the LCD display unit 401. FIG. 12 shows an example of a new destination screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401. A transmission type field 1901 is displayed on the new transmission destination screen 1900, and the transmission type instruction from the user is accepted. The transmission type may be a functional type such as "FAX", "Email", "save in file", or may be a type based on a protocol such as "SMTP", "G3", or "SMP". . Alternatively, it may be a combination thereof.

  Further, a destination field 1902 is displayed on the new destination screen 1900, and the CPU 101 accepts the input of the destination by the user. When the user presses the “Set” button 1904, the CPU 101 sets the contents set in the transmission type field 1901 and the destination field 1902 as the destination.

  When the user presses the “address book” button 1702, the CPU 101 displays the address book screen 1600 on the LCD display unit 401, and the destination selected by the user among the destinations registered in the address book is set as the destination of the job. Set.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the address book screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401. On the address book screen 1600, an address list 1601, a “new address” button 1603, an “address edit” button 1604, an “address delete” button 1605, a “set” button 1606, etc. are displayed. When the user selects an address from the address list 1601 and presses the “Set” button 1606, the type and destination of the selected address 1602 are set and stored in the RAM 102.

  When the user presses the “one-touch” button 1703, the CPU 101 sets the transmission destination registered in the “one-touch” button 1703 as the transmission destination of the job. It is assumed that the destination of the "one-touch" button is set in advance by a method not shown. Further, in FIG. 9, only one “one-touch” button 1703 is displayed on the “scan and send” screen 1700. However, a plurality of “one-touch” buttons 1703 may be displayed on the “scan and send” screen 1700, and different destinations may be registered as job destinations corresponding to the respective buttons.

  The CPU 101 displays the transmission destination input by the user by the above operation on the transmission destination display unit 1701 and stores the displayed transmission destination in the transmission destination table 501 of the RAM 102. FIG. 9B is a setting screen in which the FAX number and the email address are set as the transmission destination.

  FIG. 5A shows a schematic diagram of the transmission destination stored in the RAM 102. Note that a plurality of destinations can be set. For example, in the transmission destination table 501 of FIG. 5A, the FAX number and the mail address are set as the transmission destination of the FAX/send job.

After completing the setting of the destination, the CPU 101 accepts the user's input again (S106).
The above is the processing for setting the destination.

Next, a case where the CPU 101 performs a process of making other settings will be described.
If the user's input received by the CPU 101 is pressing of the color mode selection button 1705, the resolution setting button 1706, the double-sided setting button 1707, and the other function button 1708, processing for performing other settings is performed (in the figure, Other settings) (S109).

  For example, when the user presses the color mode selection button 1705, the CPU 101 displays the color mode selection screen on the LCD display unit 401. Further, the CPU 101 sets whether to transmit a color image or a monochrome image at the time of transmitting a document, based on a user input.

  When the user presses the resolution setting button 1706, the CPU 101 displays the resolution setting screen on the LCD display unit 401. Further, the CPU 101 sets the resolution at the time of reading the document based on the input by the user.

  When the user presses the double-sided setting button 1707, the CPU 101 displays the double-sided selection screen on the LCD display unit 401. Further, the CPU 101 sets both sides of whether or not both sides of the original are read based on the user's input.

  The CPU 101 displays a “scan and send” screen 1700 that reflects the contents set by the user on the LCD display unit 401. FIG. 9B is a setting screen after the user has set the color mode and the double-sided setting.

  The color of the setting item for which the setting has been changed is reversed so that the setting item for which the user has changed the setting can be easily identified. In FIG. 9B, the colors of the color mode selection button 1705 and the double-sided setting button 1707 are reversed, and the color mode is changed from “monochrome” to “color” and the double-sided setting is changed from “double-sided” to “single-sided”. ing.

  The CPU 101 stores the above set values set by the user in the set value table 502 of the RAM 102. FIG. 5B shows a schematic diagram of setting values of other settings stored in the RAM 102. For example, in FIG. 5B, the color mode is set to “color”, the resolution is set to “normal”, and the double-sided setting is set to “single-sided”.

After completing the setting of other settings, the CPU 101 accepts the user's input again (S106).
The above is the processing for making other settings.

Next, a case where the CPU 101 performs a transmission process will be described.
When the user's input accepted by the CPU 101 is the pressing of the start key 402, the process for transmission is started (in the figure, transmission is started).

  When the user presses the start key 402, the CPU 101 starts reading a document using the scanner 114.

  The CPU 101 reads the original read by the scanner 114 and stores the read image data in the RAM 102 or the HDD 104 (S110). At this time, the CPU 101 controls the scanner 114 according to the setting contents of the setting value table 502 stored in the RAM 102. In addition, the CPU 101 or the image processing unit 117 performs image processing according to the setting contents stored in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102.

  Next, the CPU 101 transmits the image data read by the scanner 114 to the destination stored in the RAM 102 (S111). Depending on the type of destination stored in the RAM 102, the network interface 105 and the modem 106 are used as appropriate to transmit to the LAN 121 or the public line network 122.

  Next, the CPU 101 determines whether to delete the transmission destination after the transmission (S112). The CPU 101 refers to the transmission destination deletion flag 503 stored in the RAM 102 and determines whether to delete the transmission destination. The transmission destination deletion flag 503 is a flag provided to prevent erroneous transmission due to not deleting the transmission destination when the job is continuously transmitted after the job is executed. The user sets the transmission destination deletion flag 503 to a value indicating “delete” or “not delete” by using a means (not shown). FIG. 5C shows a schematic diagram of setting values relating to the destination and other setting values stored in the RAM 102. For example, in FIG. 5C, the destination information is “erased” from the RAM 102 after the job is transmitted, the setting values are “not erased” from the RAM 102 for other setting items, and the setting values stored in the RAM 102 at the time of re-login. It is set to "Reflect".

  When the transmission destination deletion flag 503 stored in the RAM 102 is “do not delete”, the CPU 101 does not delete the transmission destination stored in the RAM 102, and proceeds to determine whether to delete other setting values. When the user logs out without deleting the destination after sending the job, the destination when the previous job was sent is set when logging out. Therefore, the transmission destination at the time of the previous job transmission is stored in the HDD 104 by the method described later. At this time, even if the transmission destination deletion flag 503 is set to “do not delete” by excluding the transmission destination from the reflection target that automatically reflects the set value at the time of relogin, erroneous transmission after relogin can be reduced. it can.

  When the transmission destination deletion flag 503 stored in the RAM 102 is set to a value indicating “erasure”, the CPU 101 sets the transmission destination stored in the transmission destination table 501 and the setting content displayed on the transmission destination display unit 1701. It erases (S113).

  Subsequently, the CPU 101 determines whether to delete the setting values of the setting items other than the transmission destination stored in the RAM 102 (S114). The CPU 101 refers to the setting value deletion flag 504 stored in the RAM 102 and determines whether to delete the setting value. The set value erasing flag 504 is set to a value indicating "erasing" or "not erasing" by a user by means not shown. If the FAX/send function is frequently used with the same setting, the setting value deletion flag 504 is set to “do not delete”, so that the same setting value as before is automatically set when the next job is set, and the user The effort to set the job is reduced.

  When the set value deletion flag 504 stored in the RAM 102 has a value indicating “delete”, the CPU 101 deletes the set value stored in the RAM 102 (S115). After erasing the setting values other than the destination, the CPU 101 waits for the user's input again (S106).

  When the set value deletion flag 504 stored in the RAM 102 is a value indicating “not deleted”, the CPU 101 waits for the user's input without deleting the set value stored in the RAM 102 (S106).

  The above is the transmission processing.

  Next, a case where the CPU 101 performs logout processing will be described.

  If the user's input accepted by the CPU 101 is the “logout” button 1709 or the ID key 407, the process for logout is started (logout in the figure).

  The CPU 101 acquires the user ID of the logged-in user (S116).

  Next, the CPU 101 stores the function type of the function currently displayed on the LCD display unit 401 and the acquired user ID in the HDD 104 in association with each other (S117). FIG. 6A shows a schematic diagram of the function type information stored in the HDD 0104. For example, in FIG. 6A, it is stored that the setting screen regarding the job of the FAX/send function was displayed on the LCD display unit 401 at the time of logout.

  Next, the CPU 101 stores the transmission destination stored in the transmission destination table 501 of the RAM 102 in the HDD 104 in association with the acquired user ID (S118). FIG. 6B shows a schematic diagram of the information of the transmission destination stored in the HDD 104. For example, in FIG. 6B, the FAX number and the email address are stored as the transmission destination for the user with the user ID “0001”.

  Next, the CPU 101 stores the setting content stored in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102 in the HDD 104 in association with the acquired user ID (S119). FIG. 6C is a schematic diagram of the setting content information stored in the HDD 104. For example, in FIG. 6C, for the user whose user ID is “0001”, the color mode is “color”, the resolution is “normal”, and the duplex setting is stored in the HDD 104 as “single-sided”.

  Next, the CPU 101 performs logout processing for the logged-in user, and ends the processing in this flowchart (S120).

  Through the above processing, the destination set when the user logs out and the setting value of each setting item are stored in the HDD 104.

  Next, the process of reflecting the stored transmission destination and setting value will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the user was using the FAX/Send function at the time of logout, and after re-login, the “scan and send” screen 1700 in which the setting values of the setting items other than the destination are automatically reflected is displayed. The case will be described. By performing the setting value reflection processing shown in FIG. 3 by the CPU 101, even if the transmission destination is set at the time of logout, the transmission destination set after the re-login is not reflected, and erroneous transmission can be reduced. Is possible.

  When the initial display function corresponding to the user ID of the user authenticated in S103 of FIG. 2 is stored in the initial display function 601 of the HDD 104, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen of the function corresponding to the initial display function 601 on the LCD display unit 401. (S201).

  Next, the CPU 101 determines whether to display a setting screen that reflects the setting values stored in the HDD 104 (S202). The user sets in advance whether or not to use the set value reflecting function in a method not shown. For example, the LCD display unit 401 can display a screen for setting whether or not to use the set value reflecting function, and the user can use the screen to set whether or not to use the set value reflecting function. be able to. According to the setting made by the user, the CPU 101 determines whether to reflect the set value.

  When the CPU 101 determines that the set value is not reflected, the CPU 101 proceeds to S106 in FIG. 2 and accepts the input by the user.

  When the CPU 101 determines that the setting value should be reflected, the CPU 101 acquires the setting value stored in the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 for the setting items other than the destination (S203).

  The CPU 101 stores the setting value acquired from the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102 (S204).

  After the CPU 101 stores the setting value acquired from the HDD 104 in the RAM 102, the CPU 101 displays a setting screen reflecting the setting value on the LCD display unit 401 (S205).

  After the CPU 101 displays the setting screen on the LCD display unit 401, the process proceeds to S106 in FIG. 2 and receives an input from the user.

  FIG. 9C shows a FAX/send job setting screen that is displayed on the LCD display unit 401 after re-login and reflects the setting values stored in the HDD 104 for the setting items other than the destination. In FIG. 9C, the destination is not reflected, the color mode is set to “color”, the resolution is set to “normal”, and the duplex setting is set to “single-sided”.

  In S201 of FIG. 3, it has been described that the CPU 101 displays the setting screen before reflecting the setting value on the LCD display unit 401. However, the CPU 101 may display the setting screen after reflecting the setting values shown in FIG. 9C on the LCD display unit 401 in S205 without displaying the setting screen before reflecting the setting values in S201.

  By executing the above processing, it becomes possible to display on the LCD display unit 401 a setting screen that automatically reflects the settings at the time of logout only at the time of relogin only for the setting items other than the destination. As described above, for the setting items other than the destination, the setting screen in which the setting values are reflected is automatically displayed on the LCD display unit 401, so that the setting labor is the same when the same setting values as before are used. Become. On the other hand, by excluding the transmission destination from the reflection target, when the user logs in again, the transmission destination is input again, so that there is a possibility that the FAX data or the E-mail is transmitted to the transmission destination to which the user does not intend. To reduce.

  In the first embodiment, in S118 of FIG. 2, the CPU 101 stores the transmission destination stored in the transmission destination table 501 of the RAM 102 in the HDD 104. However, in S118, CPU 101 does not have to store the transmission destination in HDD 104.

  Further, in S202 of the first embodiment, with respect to the reflection of the setting values of the setting items other than the destination, the case has been described in which the user decides in advance whether or not to use the setting value reflecting function by using a method not shown. However, the user cannot select whether or not to use the set value reflecting function, and the set values of setting items other than the destination may be reflected without fail.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment, a case has been described in which it is determined whether to use the setting value reflecting function for setting items other than the destination according to the setting value reflecting flag 505 of the RAM 102. However, it may be determined with reference to the setting value deletion flag 504 of the RAM 102 whether to use the setting value reflecting function. For example, when the setting value deletion flag 504 is “do not delete”, the setting value reflecting function is used at the time of re-login because the job is frequently executed with the same setting. When the set value deletion flag 504 is “delete”, the set value reflecting function is not used.

(Example 2)
In the first embodiment, the method of displaying the setting screen in which the setting values are automatically reflected for some setting items and the setting values are not reflected for the other setting items has been described. In the second embodiment, a case will be described in which the setting values are automatically reflected for some setting items and the setting screens for the other setting items are displayed after receiving the user's reflection instruction.

  In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a case where the user uses the FAX/send function to display a setting screen in which setting values other than the destination are automatically reflected will be described as an example. By doing so, the setting screen in which the setting values are automatically reflected for the setting items other than the destination is displayed, and the user's time and effort for resetting the setting values are reduced. On the other hand, regarding the transmission destination, it is excluded from the target of automatically reflecting the set value at the time of re-login, and after the re-login, the user is inquired whether or not to reproduce the set value at the time of logout. After re-login, by reflecting the destination according to the user's instruction, it is possible to omit the trouble of setting the destination from the beginning when the same destination as when logging out is desired.

  The processing performed by the CPU 101 from the login to the automatic reflection of the setting values of the setting items other than the transmission destination is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  A process performed when the CPU 101 reflects the transmission destination based on the user's reflection instruction will be described with reference to FIG. When the CPU 101 performs the processing from S201 to S204, the setting value at logout is automatically reflected in the setting items other than the destination. The transmission destination is not the target of the processing from S201 to S204, but is excluded from the target of automatically reflecting the set value.

  After the CPU 101 stores the setting values stored in the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102, the CPU 101 determines whether to reflect the transmission destination (S401). Specifically, the CPU 101 refers to the transmission destination deletion flag 503 stored in the RAM 102, and if the content of the transmission destination deletion flag is “do not delete”, it is determined that the transmission destination is reflected. If the content of the destination deletion flag 503 in the RAM 102 is "delete", the CPU 101 determines that the destination is not reflected, and proceeds to S106 in FIG. 2 to accept the input by the user.

  When the CPU 101 determines that the destination is reflected, the CPU 101 refers to the destination stored in the destination table 602 of the HDD 104 in association with the user ID, and acquires the destination set at the time of the previous logout (S402). ).

  Next, the CPU 101 displays the transmission destination acquired from the HDD 104 as a transmission destination reflection candidate in the transmission destination reflection setting dialog on the LCD display unit 401 (S403). An example of the destination reflection setting dialog is shown in FIG. In the destination reflection setting dialog, a destination list 1851, a reflection setting check box 1852, and an OK button 1853 are arranged. The transmission destination list 1851 displays the transmission destinations acquired by the CPU 101 from the HDD 104.

  Next, the CPU 101 receives the input of the transmission destination to be reflected by the user (S404). Specifically, the depression of each button of the reflection setting check box 1852 and the OK button 1853 are accepted. Each button of the reflection setting check box 1852 is a toggle, and the presence/absence of a check is switched each time the user presses the button. When accepting the press of the OK button 1853, the CPU 101 accepts the transmission destination having the reflection setting check box 1852 checked as the transmission destination to be reflected.

  Next, the transmission destination to be reflected, which is accepted by the CPU 101, is stored in the transmission destination table 501 of the RAM 102 (S405). Specifically, the transmission destinations for which the reflection setting check box 1852 of FIG. 10 is checked are stored in the transmission destination table 501 of the RAM 102. By the CPU 101 performing the processing from S401 to S405, the setting value at the logout is reflected according to the user's reflecting instruction without automatically reflecting the setting value for the transmission destination.

  After finishing the reflection processing for the transmission destination and other setting values, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen in which the setting values are reflected on the LCD display unit 401 (S205). FIG. 9D shows a setting screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 after the reflection process for the destination and other setting values is completed. In FIG. 9D, in addition to the color mode being set to “color” and the double-sided setting being set to “single-sided”, the transmission destination “xxx@yyy.zzz” selected in FIG. 10 is set. After displaying the setting screen, the CPU 101 proceeds to S106 of FIG.

  In the description of the reflection processing of the transmission destination and the setting value using FIG. 4, the case where the CPU 101 stores the setting value stored in the HDD 104 in the RAM 102 in S209 has been described. However, in S204, the CPU 101 may store the setting values stored in the HDD 104 in the RAM 102 and display the setting screen on which the setting values are reflected on the LCD display unit 401. For example, in S204, the CPU 101 displays on the LCD display unit 401 a setting screen that reflects setting values for setting items other than the destination. After that, the CPU 101 may perform the processes of S401 to S405 and S205, and display a setting screen reflecting the transmission destination to which the user has given a reflection instruction on the LCD display unit 401.

  By performing the above processing, it becomes possible to display a setting screen on the LCD display unit 401 in which the setting value set at the time of logout is automatically reflected for the setting items other than the transmission destination at the time of re-login. Further, regarding the transmission destination, the setting screen in which the transmission destination is reflected is displayed only for the transmission destination that the user has instructed to reflect, and the user's labor for setting the transmission destination is reduced.

  In addition, in S401, it is described that the transmission destination deletion flag 503 stored in the RAM 102 is referred to and whether or not the transmission destination is reflected is determined, but the CPU 101 may make determination using another method. For example, the CPU 101 refers to the transmission destination table 602 of the HDD 104, the transmission destination is not reflected when the transmission destination table 602 includes the FAX transmission destination, and the transmission destination is reflected when the FAX transmission destination is not included. It may be that. By doing so, it becomes possible to determine whether or not to reflect the transmission destination based on the transmission type and protocol. The FAX that can reliably transmit the original to the destination by confirming whether the FAX machine of the destination can communicate or not can use the other transmission type or protocol such as E-mail. It may be used more frequently for transmission of important documents than communication. In such a case, if the destination table 602 includes the destination of the FAX, the destination is not reflected, so that the possibility of erroneous transmission at the time of transmitting a highly important document is reduced. Reduce.

  Further, among the transmission destinations stored in the transmission destination table 602 of the HDD 104, only the FAX transmission destination may be excluded from the reflection target.

  Further, in S401 of FIG. 4, it is possible for the user to set in advance which method of “reflect”, “do not reflect” and “inquire” of the destination to be used for the destination by using a method not shown. You can In this case, in step S401, the CPU 101 determines whether to reflect the transmission destination according to the user's selection.

(Example 3)
In the above-described first or second embodiment, an example in which a setting screen in which the setting values are reflected at the time of re-login without reflecting the user's reflecting instruction for the setting items other than the transmission destination is displayed is described. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, a method will be described in which the user can set in advance a setting item that reflects the setting value without the user based on the reflection instruction.

  This makes it possible to automatically display a setting screen that reflects the setting values at the time of logout only for the setting items desired by the user. By doing so, with respect to the setting items preset by the user, the trouble of setting after re-login is reduced. On the other hand, setting items other than the setting items preset by the user are excluded from the targets for automatically reflecting the setting values. This reduces the possibility of executing a job with a setting value that the user does not intend for a setting item that is not automatically reflected by the setting value.

  The processing performed by the CPU 101 in the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. The flowchart shown in FIG. 13 is stored as program code in the HDD 104 of the image processing apparatus 100. The CPU 101 reads the program code stored in the HDD 104 and executes each of the following steps to realize each function of the present invention.

  Note that, also in the third embodiment, the processing until the CPU 101 stores the setting value of each setting item in the HDD 104 at the time of logout is the same as in the first embodiment, and therefore the description of S101 to S119 and S201 will be omitted.

  The CPU 101 acquires the value stored in the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 for the setting value of each setting item (S301). At this time, when the CPU 101 acquires the transmission destination, the transmission destination stored in the transmission destination table 602 of the HDD 104 is acquired.

Next, the CPU 101 acquires, from the RAM 102, the reflection method of the setting item for which the setting value is acquired from the HDD 104 (S302). The CPU 101 refers to the setting values stored in the reflection method table 700 of the RAM 102 to determine the reflection method. A schematic diagram of the reflection method information stored in the RAM 102 is shown in FIG. The reflection method information is set by the user to a value of “reflection”, “not reflection”, or “inquiry” for each setting item by a method not shown. The setting items set by the user as "Do not reflect" or "Inquire" are excluded from the targets for automatically reflecting the setting value at logout after re-login.
For example, in FIG. 14A, it is stored that “inquire” about the destination and resolution, “reflect” about the color mode, and “do not reflect” about the duplex setting.

  The CPU 101 determines whether the reflecting method of the setting item for which the setting value is acquired is “reflect”, “not reflect”, or “inquire” (S303).

  The CPU 101 stores the setting value in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102 if the reflecting method of the setting item that has acquired the setting value is “reflect” (S204). The CPU 101 performs the processing of S301 to S303 and S204 for the setting items that the user has set in advance to automatically reflect the setting values after re-login. As a result, for the setting item set by the user to automatically reflect the setting value in advance, the setting value set at the time of logout is automatically reflected after re-login. After storing the setting values in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102, the CPU 101 determines whether the processing has been completed for all the setting items (S307).

  If the reflection method of the setting item that has acquired the setting value is "not reflect", the CPU 101 does not store the setting value in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102, and determines whether or not all the setting items have been set (S307). .

  When the method of reflecting the setting item for which the setting value is acquired is “inquire”, the CPU 101 displays the reflection confirmation screen 750 for inquiring the user about the reflection of the setting value of the setting item on the LCD display unit 401 (S304). FIG. 14B shows an example of the reflection confirmation screen displayed on the LCD display unit 401 by the CPU 101.

  On the reflection confirmation screen 750, the name 751 of the setting item for which the CPU 101 has acquired the setting value and the setting value 752 for which the CPU 101 has acquired are displayed. Furthermore, a “yes” button 753 and a “no” button 754 are arranged on the reflection confirmation screen 750. When the setting item for which the CPU 101 has acquired the setting value is the transmission destination, the same screen as in FIG. 10 is displayed and the user is inquired whether or not to reflect the transmission destination.

  The CPU 101 receives a user input as to whether or not to reflect the displayed setting value. Specifically, the CPU 101 receives pressing of the “Yes” button 753 or the “No” button 754 arranged on the reflection confirmation screen 750. Alternatively, the CPU 101 receives pressing of the reflection setting check box 1852 and the OK button 1853 arranged in the transmission destination reflection setting dialog 1850 (S305).

  The CPU 101 determines the user's input accepted on the reflection confirmation screen 750 (S306). When the user's input accepted by the CPU 101 is the pressing of the “Yes” button 753, the setting value is stored in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102 (S204). After storing the setting values, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the reflecting process has been completed for all the setting items after reflecting the setting values (S307).

  If the received user input is the pressing of the "No" button 754, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the processing has been completed for all setting items (S307). By asking the user whether or not to reflect the set value, for the setting items that are not reflected and reflect the set value at logout automatically after relogin, the same set value as at logout is used after relogin Reduce the trouble of resetting. When the CPU 101 determines that the processing has not been completed for all the setting items, the setting values and the reflection method are acquired for the remaining setting items, and the processing according to the reflection method is performed (S301 to S306, S204). When the CPU 101 determines that the processing has been completed for all the setting items, the setting screen in which the setting values are reflected is displayed on the LCD display unit 401, and the setting value reflecting processing ends (S205).

  After displaying the setting screen reflecting the set value, the CPU 101 proceeds to the process of S106 of FIG. 2 and waits for the user's input.

  In the description of the destination and setting value reflection processing using FIG. 13, the case where the CPU 101 stores the setting values stored in the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 in the setting value table 502 in the RAM 102 in S204 has been described. However, in S204, the CPU 101 may store the setting values stored in the setting value table 603 of the HDD 104 in the setting value table 502 of the RAM 102 and display the setting screen reflecting the setting values on the LCD display unit 401. . An example will be described in which the CPU 101 acquires the color mode setting value stored in the HDD 104 in S301. In step S204, the CPU 101 stores the setting value in the RAM 102, and displays the setting screen reflecting the setting value stored in the HDD 104 for the color mode on the LCD display unit 401. The CPU 101 displays the setting screen in which the setting values of the color mode are reflected on the LCD display unit 401, and then proceeds to step S307 to determine whether or not the reflection processing has been performed for all the setting items.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, for all setting items including the destination, the user can select the process after re-login from “Reflect”, “Do not reflect”, and “Inquire user”. It will be possible. It is possible for the user to select a setting item for automatically reflecting the setting value, which improves the convenience for the user.

(Other embodiments)
In the first to third embodiments, the case where the user uses the FAX/send function has been described, but the same applies to other functions of the image processing apparatus such as copying and printing.

  In addition, in the first and second embodiments, the setting screen of the function used at the time of logout is displayed immediately after re-login. However, after the user logs in again, the main menu screen 1500 may be displayed on the LCD display unit 401 and the setting screen reflecting the setting value stored in the HDD 104 for the function selected by the user may be displayed.

  In the first to third embodiments, the LCD display unit 401 displays a setting screen on which some of the setting items are automatically reflected and the setting values of other setting items are not automatically reflected. I explained an example. However, some setting items may be reflected based on the reflection instruction from the user, or may be reflected without depending on the reflection instruction from the user, and the reflection of the setting values may be prohibited for other setting items. .

  For example, in the FAX/Send function, it is prohibited to display the setting screen reflecting the destination set at the time of logout during re-login. It is assumed that the user makes a setting for a plurality of setting items including a destination regarding the FAX/send function and logs out. It is prohibited to display the setting screen reflecting the destination set at the time of logout for the destination while the logged-out user is logging in again. At this time, for the other setting items except the destination, the setting screen reflecting the setting at logout is displayed during re-login, not based on the user's instruction. Alternatively, the user may be inquired during re-login as to whether or not to reflect the setting value at the time of logout. When inquiring of the user whether or not to reflect the set value, the CPU 101 displays the set value reflected selection screen 1200 of FIG. 15 or the like on the LCD display unit 401. When the user selects the “Yes” button 1201, the CPU 101 displays a setting screen reflecting the setting values stored in the HDD 104 on the LCD display unit 401. When the user selects the “No” button 1202, the CPU 101 displays the setting screen without reflecting the setting value stored in the HDD 104.

  By doing this, it is possible to display the setting screen that excludes some of the setting items from being reflected when re-login, so the user does not notice that the setting values have been reflected and executes the job. Can be reduced.

  In the first to third embodiments, the processing described in FIGS. 2 to 4 and 13 is described as being performed by the CPU 101 in the controller unit 116 of the image processing apparatus 100. However, the CPU 101 that performs the processing is not limited to being inside the controller unit 116 of the image processing apparatus 100. For example, a computer connected to the image processing apparatus may control the image processing apparatus, and a CPU in the computer may perform the processing described in the first to third embodiments.

  The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads the program. This is the process to be executed.

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A login processing unit that performs a login process for a user to log in to the image processing apparatus, a display unit that displays a setting screen on which the user can set the setting values of a plurality of setting items related to the job,
After the user logs out while the job setting screen is displayed, during the re-login by the user who logged out, the setting value set at the time of the logout is not based on the reflection instruction of the user. Reflecting means for displaying the setting screen of the reflected job,
The image processing apparatus, wherein the reflection unit excludes at least one setting item from the reflection target.   The reflecting means stores setting values of a plurality of setting items including the at least one setting item, which are setting values set at the time of logout, and reflects the setting value for the at least one setting item. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting screen of the job is displayed without reflecting the setting values stored for the setting items other than the at least one setting item.   The reflecting unit stores the setting values of the setting items other than the at least one setting item set at the time of logout, and displays the setting screen of the job reflecting the stored setting values. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is configured to: The reflecting means stores setting values of a plurality of setting items including the at least one setting item, which are setting values set at the time of the logout,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a setting screen of the job in which the stored setting value is reflected is displayed based on a reflection instruction from the user for the at least one setting item.   The image processing according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the reflecting unit stores the setting value set at the time of logout in association with the user identification information of the logged-in user. apparatus.   6. The reflecting unit displays a setting screen of the job in which the setting value set at the time of logout is reflected according to the login processing of the login processing unit. The image processing device according to item. A reading unit that reads an image of a document and generates image data,
A transmission means for transmitting image data,
The at least one setting item, the image processing according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the image data generated by said reading means is a transmission destination of the job to be transmitted by the transmitting means apparatus. Login processing means for performing login processing for the user to log in to the image processing apparatus; display means for displaying a setting screen on which the user can set the setting values of a plurality of setting items related to the job;
After the user logs out while the job setting screen is displayed, the job setting screen reflecting the setting value set at the time of the logout is displayed during re-login by the logged-out user. And means for reflecting,
The image processing apparatus, wherein the reflecting means prohibits reflecting a setting value for at least one setting item. A method of controlling an image processing device, comprising:
A login process step for performing a login process for the user to log in to the image processing device;
A display step for displaying a setting screen on which the user can set the setting values of a plurality of setting items related to the job,
After the user logs out while the job setting screen is displayed, during the re-login by the user who logged out, the setting value set at the time of the logout is not based on the reflection instruction of the user. And a reflecting step of displaying the setting screen of the reflected job,
The method of controlling an image processing apparatus, wherein the reflecting step excludes at least one setting item from a reflection target. A login process step for performing a login process for the user to log in to the image processing device;
A display step for displaying a setting screen on which the user can set the setting values of a plurality of setting items related to the job,
After the user logs out while the job setting screen is displayed, the job setting screen reflecting the setting value set at the time of the logout is displayed during the re-login by the logged-out user. And a reflection step,
The said reflecting step prohibits reflecting a setting value about at least one setting item, The control method of the image processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of the information processing device according to claim 9 or 10 .

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